I just read this comment on a blog:
"Regarding the WHATWG?s WordPress blog installation and the problems
with it, I have attempted to get it to output HTML5 instead of XHTML,
but the major problem is that there?s XHTML empty element syntax,
string-based processing and other nasty surprises littered throughout
the code, that it?s [not?] just as simple as writing a new template
for it. It?s such a fundamental flaw in the way WordPress and many
other CMSs have been built. The best option is to write a CMS from
scratch that uses real XML tools on the back end and serialises as
HTML to output; but the amount of time and effort that would take to
set up compared with the one-click installation of Word Press is just
too much."
http://www.intertwingly.net/blog/2006/11/24/Feedback-on-XHTML
I'm curious how much work it would take to do an HTML 5 version of
WordPress? Any estimates from the group? Is this the kind of thing I
could tackle in a weekend if I wanted to?